Monday, November 28, 2011

Managed to just barely beat Gyuri in a duel. He had 90 skill points as compared to my 64. He was in dps mode though, and was using a 103 dps pve brawling weapon. I was using a 113 dps pvp weapon (dual wield) and was in tank mode.

Woot, finally got one of the two legendary trinkets from the vault today. The OMAC Nanite Circuitry trinket. I prefer the FOS1 (Enforcer's Badge of Retribution) trinket for arena though, for the burst it gives. It has better dps stats as well.

Saturday, November 26, 2011

So I was at thanks giving dinner yesterday with my family and my uncle brought his Michigan #1 award winning apple cider. He in fact brought several jugs and game me one to take home. Upon drinking the cider I came to the realization that this was the nectar of the Gods and I could not stop drinking it. 1 hour later I had gone through a whole gallon of the most amazing apple cider that my taste buds have ever encountered. I sat down to play WoW and nearly 15 minutes into playing, I felt a great rumble and with dread realized that a massive volcanic like explosion was about to take place. I TRIED so hard to ignore it but it grew in intensity. Finally I felt a ungodly pressure inside me and I sprinted to the bathroom hoping upon everything that is good and right that I would make it in time. As I pulled off my breeches the greatest explosion of poo took place and it did go all over toilet, the walls, and the floor... alas, I was not quick enough. As I finally sat down I felt another round coming and it did erupt so greatly that it went up between my legs and on my face and chest. When it was over I smelled a smell so terrible that it made my eyes water. As I quietly cried while cleaning up the mess, I thanked God that I made it through the ordeal only mentally damaged and not physically impaired for the rest of my life.

Monday, November 21, 2011

People ask these questions everyday since F2P went live. So I figured that I'd scrap something together to answer your very basic "Where Do I Go To Do This" questions.

Topics covered include:
- where to buy starter PVE/PVP gear
- where to buy PVP weapons
- map of areas of interest in the Watchtower (click on the thumbnails to see the larger image)
- location of Ring War PVP event
- location of Diamond heist PVP event
- how to get Influence and Marks of Triumph/Distinction/Krypton/Conquest/Legend

If you need more information, you can check out the list of guides on the DCUO PC forums here:
http://forums.station.sony.com/dcuopc/posts/list.m?topic_id=14181

The lost puppy's very basic guide to getting around the watchtower and buying starter pvp/pve armor - Updated 21/05/13

1. Where do I go to buy starter PVE armor?

As a fresh level 30 you should almost be at co-operative standing (1000 points of reputation) with StarLabs/Lexcorp or whatever your mentor's faction is. (Press N to see your faction standing) Do a couple of challenge (solo) missions and get to co-operative status with StarLabs (or your respective mentor's faction). Completing each challenge will give you 1 mark of triumph and a reputation token which you can use to get 125 reputation points with the respective faction. Collect some marks of triumph. Then buy the blue pve gear in meta wing. The vendor is to the right corner when you head south into meta wing from the hub. You only need 8 Marks of Triumph to get a full blue pve suit.

2. Where do I go to buy PVP weapons and armor?PvP Gear Vendors:

To help clarify some confusion over our gear changes, below is a list
that will hopefully assist in guiding you to the right vendor!

Vendors will update as your PvP combat rating updates. When only the
starter cash gear is available to you, this is what these vendors will
offer you – when you progress to the next level, then they will offer
you the next set of gear and so on. If you are just starting out, the
first set will be a cash-only set.

Upon reaching PvP CR 77, a new set of gear will be available for you to
purchase with Marks of Valor from the same vendors. After advancing to a
PvP combat rating of 82 – the new PvP tier 2, 3 and 4 level gear will
be available to you at the Combined Tier Gear vendor listed below.

Heroes – HQ: Watchtower

The vendors in each wing offer the same gear as you progress.

Magic Wing

After entering the Magic wing from the central hub, take the right hallway that leads upstairs to find the 2 PvP vendors.

Aquaman – PvP Gear vendor

Requisitions-T01-HWMC – PvP Weapon vendor

Meta Wing

After entering the Meta wing from the central hub, take the right hallway that leads upstairs to find the 2 PvP vendors.

Hawkgirl – PvP Gear vendor

Requisitions -T01-HWMA – PvP Weapon vendor

Tech Wing

After entering the Tech wing from the central hub, take the left hallway that leads upstairs to find the 2 PvP vendors.

Robin – PvP Gear vendor

Requisitions-T01-HWTH -T01-HWMA – PvP Weapon vendor

Combined Tier Gear (T2-T4) – Hall of Heroes

The vendors that carry tiers 2 through 4 can be found in between the Meta and Magic wings of the Watchtower. This is the Hall of Heroes.

Requisitions-T234-HW – PvP Weapons Vendor

Requisitions-T234-HA – PvP Gear Vendor

Villains – HQ: Hall of Doom

Magic Wing

After entering the Magic wing from the Main wing, the 2 PvP vendors can be found below you two levels and on the right side.

Felix Faust – PvP Gear vendor

Requisitions-T01-VWMC – PvP Weapons Vendor

Meta Wing

After entering the Meta wing from the Main wing, the 2 PvP vendors can be found below you two levels and on the right side.

Ursa – PvP Gear vendor

Requisitions-T01-VWMA– PvP Weapons Vendor

Tech Wing

After entering the Tech wing from the Main wing, the 2 PvP vendors can be found below you two levels and on the right side.

Two-Face – PvP Gear vendor

Requisitions-T01-VWTH – PvP Weapons Vendor

Combined Tier Gear (T2-T4) – Power Core

The vendors that carry tiers 2 through 4 can be found in the Power Core of the Hall of Doom. This is the southernmost room in the Hall of Doom and is connected to the Meta wing.

Requisitions-T234-VW – PvP Weapons Vendor

Requisitions-T234-VA – PvP Gear vendor

3. PVP Rewards

PvP Match Rewards

Many changes were made to the way PvP rewards are earned in Game Update 25. Here's a quick overview of how things work now.

Marks of Valor

Replacing Marks of Tactics and Marks of Strategy are Marks of Valor,
which are now the only Marks used to purchase PvP gear. For more
information on PvP Vendors, please see this post.

Tiered Arena Rewards

When you begin PvPing in Arenas, you begin earning humble rewards. As
you advance in PvP CR, you will earn greater and greater rewards. Here
are the details:

5. Where is the location of the Ring War PVP event?
The Ring War pvp event starts periodically (every 15-30 min?) at the LexCorp Tower in downtown Metropolis. The ring war faction-specific vendor spawns for the winning faction of the ring war event. PVP weapons can be purchased at the Ring war vendor.

6. Where is the location of the Diamond Heist PVP event?
The diamond heist event is located south east of the Diamond District GCPD station in Gotham, next to One Gotham Center.

7. How to get Marks of Triumph/Legend

Marks of Triumph (MoT)
- used to purchase blue quality starter PVE gear from the vendors in each wing. Costs 1 mark per piece of gear.
- used to purchase purple quality Tier 1 PVE gear from the vendors in each wing. Costs 45-60 marks per piece of gear.
- you get Marks of Triumph from doing challenges, duos, alerts and raids.

Marks of Legend (MoL)
- used to purchase hero/villain legends characters to play with. Purchased at npc at the Reactor Room/Power Core
- you get Marks of Legend from doing Legends PVP (See Point 3 above)

Just beat Exington in a duel, another ice tank who had 75 skill points as compared to my 61. I was PVP dual wield though (113 dps in addition to ignoring 25% of my opponents toughness), and he had a 113 dps pve weapon in full T2 pvp gear, so I had a significant edge in dps. He was using a 1-handed weapon, which was fortunately predictable, and I managed to block his 4-tap combos successfully most of the time. Finally got the sector agent chest today from StarLabs, after a week or so of unsuccessful runs.